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Client News: Kosair Charities launches Kite Club to recognize corporate sponsors

February 4, 2016 By Erin Leave a Comment

Kosair Charities has launched a new corporate sponsor recognition campaign — and in keeping with the organization’s branding, it’s kite-themed.

The new Kosair Charities Corporate Kite Club recognizes companies that have contributed more than $5,000 to the organization in the course of the charity’s fiscal year, not including individual employee contributions.

The new Kosair Charities Corporate Kite Club recognizes companies that have contributed more than $5,000 to the nonprofit in the course of the charity's fiscal year, not including individual employee contributions.

The new Kosair Charities Corporate Kite Club recognizes companies that have contributed… more

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Those companies will have their names and logos displayed at Kosair Charities’ more than 60 events that year and will be thanked in person by executives of the Louisville nonprofit organization.

“We feel this is a good way to recognize their contribution,” said Vicky Weber, senior vice president of business relations and marketing.

The 2015-16 class of Corporate Kite Club members includes 42 businesses, who contributed a total of $300,000 in the fiscal year that ended in October, said Erin Fowler, director of communications and special events. Althought the program is new, Kosair Charities has decided to retroactively recognize qualifying corporate sponsors from 2014, too.

Fowler said Kosair Charities also hopes the program will encourage more corporate sponsorships in the future.

Companies can join the club by sponsoring an event, donating directly or by creating an event or campaign to raise funds, she said.

One example of a continuing corporate sponsor is Louisville-based Epic Insurance Solutions, which helps with Kosair Charities’ Capes for Camp program. The program is a weeklong superhero-themed camp, “Camp Quality,” for children with cancer or who are in remission, according to the charity’s website.

In 2014, Epic donated superhero capes for the kids and raised more than $13,000 to support the camp. This year, Epic’s contribution to the camp was closer to $30,000, Weber said.

This year’s Corporate Kite members are listed on the Kosair Charities website.

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Filed Under: Blog, Client News Tagged With: Epic Insurance, Fundraising, Kosair, kosair charities, Vicky Weber

Mint Julep Tours in the News

January 20, 2016 By Erin Leave a Comment

In this week’s Monday Business Briefing, we told you about the consignment furniture store Eyedia vacating its Mellwood Avenue space on Jan. 8. Although they won’t say where they’ll open next, we do know now that Mint Julep Tours & Transportation will be taking over their storefront at 1631 Mellwood Ave.

The move by the tour company from their current NuLu headquarters will give them more space and a garage in which to park their fleet of vans and buses. The bourbon boom has helped create steady growth for their business, and the fact that their tours are entertaining, professional and fun keep people and businesses coming back.

“As the bourbon and tourism industries in Kentucky have grown, so have we,” said co-founder and owner Sean Higgins in a press release. “It was time we made a move that allowed us to continue to expand and grow. We’re extremely excited about this new space and can’t wait for the opportunities that will come along with it.”

The 7,000-square-foot building sits on the corner of Mellwood and Frankfort avenues, directly across from Apocalypse Brew Works. Mint Julep Tours plans on building a new garage on the property for its numerous vehicles, which should be completed this spring. They were able to secure a loan from the Louisville Metropolitan Business Development Corp. to assist with costs.

Sean and Lisa Higgins started Mint Julep Tours in 2008. | Courtesy of Sean Higgins
Sean and Lisa Higgins started Mint Julep Tours in 2008. | Courtesy of Sean Higgins
Higgins tells Insider he first heard the space might come open in the fall of 2015, and he expressed interest due to its location and space.

“It was an absolutely perfect match for us as it kept us downtown in the thriving Butchertown area and central to all the visitors and hotels we serve,” he says. “Since we have been growing not only in the tour market but corporate and social events, this plan will help our entire team collaborate in an open floor plan with a unique design element that Eyedia had created.”

One of the company’s newest tours, which began earlier this month, is a partnership with the Kentucky Derby Museum and offers guests a chance to see Triple Crown winner American Pharoah frolicking at the Ashford Stud Farm in Versailles, Ky. And Higgins says there’s lots more in store for 2016 as they partner with various distilleries for exclusive events.

Since the new headquarters is just a stone’s throw away from Apocalypse and just around the corner from places like Silver Dollar and Louis’s the Ton, I asked Higgins if there’d be opportunities for after-tour parties or pre-tour meet-ups, and it’s an idea he already had pondered.

“We will be hosting a grand opening with that same idea in mind,” he says. “Our team is anxious to be able to walk across the street and enjoy a cool beverage after a hard day’s work.”

For now, tours will continue to depart from the Mint Julep Tours Gift Shop inside the Galt House.

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Filed Under: Blog, Client News Tagged With: Mint Julep tours, Sean Higgins

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